Sentences with phrase «flattery falls»

Flattery falls flat too - only 3 % of Aussies like being schmoozed.

Flattery falls flat too - only 4 % of Americans like being schmoozed.

Not exact matches

His words of praise to Jesus (3:2) should not be dismissed as pious flattery, though they do of course fall far short of Jesus» true meaning.

He argued doggedly against «democratism,» the idea that majorities are always right, because he believed that democracy was the characteristically modern form of political idolatry, based on a flattery of fallen human nature.

I have pants very similar to yours, and I wore similar pants for years, both when I was slim and when I was / am fat, till they fall apart, and maybe it's not the best look in terms of flattery, but they are comfy and relaxed, and there is elegance in them, and I love them!

There is probably no people on the earth that doesn't fall for flattery and your partner would be no different.

Sean and Beverly attend a swanky dinner party at Merc's house where Sean falls prey to Matt's flattery and attention, while Beverly resists the star's charms and discovers that having Matt LeBlanc as an enemy is a bad idea.

Not even the no - nonsense headmistress (Nicole Kidman) is completely immune to the flattery of their male charge; her wistful, lonely teacher (Kirsten Dunst) and the imperious oldest student (Elle Fanning) all fall under the sway of the charming soldier, who delights in the newfound upheaval in power dynamics and the passive - aggressive sniping on his behalf.

She lends this film's incarnation of Reeves a life force just by standing up there on screen and demonstrating how one woman falls in love, succumbing to a combination of manly charm, little - boy - lost looks and sexual flattery.